Making the choice an even more intriguing one is the fact that Jenkins was originally set to direct Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World, before pulling out due to the old ‘creative differences’ chestnut, to be replaced by Alan Taylor. Having been bitten once you’d assume she’d be twice shy, but apparently this isn’t the case.

Patty Jenkins will now be directing the Wonder Woman movie

Regardless, we’re viewing this as a good choice for Marvel. Despite helming the Academy Award-winning Monster in 2003, her feature film involvement has been minimal in the intervening years, seeing her restricted to directing episodes of The Killing, Arrested Development and Entourage. Having been denied the chance of seeing a Jenkins-helmed Thor 2, we’re looking forward to seeing what she does with Wonder Woman.